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A great note for
all to read it will take just 37 seconds to read
this and change your thinking. If you have seen this
before, it's worth
another 37 seconds for a second glance!
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital
room. One
man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each
afternoon to help
drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the
room's only window.
The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked
for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families,
their homes, their
jobs, their involvement in the military service, where
they had been on
vacation.
Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window
could sit up, he
would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the
things he could
see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to
live, for those
one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and
enlivened by all
the activity and color of the world outside. The window
overlooked a park with a
lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while
children sailed
their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst
flowers of every
color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the
landscape, and a fine view of
the city skyline could be seen in the distance.
As the man by the window described all this in exquisite
detail, the man on the other side of the room would close
his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. One warm
afternoon the man by the window described a parade
passing by. Although the other man
couldn't hear the band-he could see it. In his mind's eye
as the gentleman
by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.
Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for
their baths only to
find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had
died peacefully in his
sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital
attendants to take the
body away.
As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if
he could
be moved next to the window The nurse was happy to make
the switch, and
after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.
Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to
take his first look at the world
outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for
himself. He strained slowly
to turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a
blank wall.
The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his
deceased
roommate who had described such wonderful things outside
this window.
The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not
even see
the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to
encourage you."
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